Parker, Edward Nelson, VADM

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Last Rank
Vice Admiral
Last Primary NEC
110X-Unrestricted Line Officer - No Specialty Engagement
Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1962-1963, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA)
Service Years
1925 - 1963
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Home State
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Year of Birth
1904
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Avalon, PA
Last Address
Pompano Beach, FL
Date of Passing
Oct 15, 1989
 
Location of Interment
U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium (VLM) - Annapolis, Maryland
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Unknown

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US Navy Vice Admiral. Parker graduated from the United States Naval Academy in
1925. By the time the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Parker was a Lt. Commander,
the Commanding Officer of the Parrott a World War I class destroyer that was
part of the Asian Fleet. While Commander of the Parrott, Parker was awarded the
Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism and for extreme disregard of personal
safety when his command delivered a determined attack with torpedoes and gunfire
during action with the enemy on the night of January 24th to the 25th, 1942. The
following month he also engaged the enemy in the Badoeng Straits off the Island
of Ball, Netherlands, East Indies and was awarded a second Navy Cross for
distinguished service and heroism in a fierce battle with the Japanese. In
addition to the Navy Cross for the battle of the 24th and 25th Parker received
the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as Commander Destroyer
Division Fifty nine. He received a third Navy Cross for leadership of Destroyer
Division Fifteen aboard the Destroyer USS Cushing during an engagement with the
Japanese naval forces near Savo Island on the night of November 12, 1942. The
force to which he was attached engaged at close quarters and defeated a superior
enemy force. From November of 1945 to April of 1946 he commanded a destroyer
squadron and participated in the Allied occupation of both Korea and North
China. Later that year he was an observer and commander at Bikini Atoll during
Operation Crossroads, which was designed to test the effectiveness of atomic
weapons on naval vessels. By 1947 he was now a captain and after commanding the
Newport News, he was named deputy chief of the Atomic Support Agency. In 1952
Parker was promoted to Rear Admiral and in 1960 promoted to Vice Admiral and was
appointed the deputy director of the Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff at
Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. In 1962 he was named assistant director of
the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency which advises the President and the
Secretary of State on arms control policy. He held that post until 1963 when he
retired. After retirement Parker and his wife spent much of their time sailing
and he was chosen the commodore of the Lighthouse Point Yacht Club in Pompano
Beach, Florida.


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US Occupation of South Korea
From Month/Year
September / 1945
To Month/Year
May / 1948

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From September 1945 to May 1948; The division of Korea between North and South Korea was the result of the Allied victory in World War II in 1945, ending the Empire of Japan's 35-year rule of Korea. The United States and the Soviet Union occupied the country, with the boundary between their zones of control along the 38th parallel.

With the onset of the Cold War, negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union failed to lead to an independent, unified Korea. In 1948, UN-supervised elections were held in the US-occupied south only. This led to the establishment of the Republic of Korea in South Korea, which was promptly followed by the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in North Korea. The United States supported the South, and the Soviet Union supported the North, and each government claimed sovereignty over the whole Korean peninsula.

With the American government fearing Soviet expansion, and the Japanese authorities in Korea warning of a power vacuum, the embarkation date of the US occupation force was brought forward three times.

On September 7, 1945, General Douglas MacArthur announced that Lieutenant General John R. Hodge was to administer Korean affairs, and Hodge landed in Incheon with his troops the next day. The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, which had operated from China, sent a delegation with three interpreters to Hodge, but he refused to meet with them. Likewise, Hodge refused to recognize the newly formed People's Republic of Korea and its People's Committees, and outlawed it on 12 December.

In September 1946, thousands of laborers and peasants rose up against the military government. This uprising was quickly defeated, and failed to prevent scheduled October elections for the South Korean Interim Legislative Assembly.

The ardent anti-communist Syngman Rhee, who had been the first president of the Provisional Government and later worked as a pro-Korean lobbyist in the US, became the most prominent politician in the South. On July 19, 1947, Lyuh Woon-hyung, the last senior politician committed to left-right dialogue, was assassinated by a right-winger.

The government conducted a number of military campaigns against left-wing insurgents. Over the course of the next few years, between 30,000 and 100,000 people were killed.
   
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From Month/Year
September / 1945
To Month/Year
December / 1945
 
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Mar 16, 2020
   
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